Puzzle toy operated by static electricity.



E. A. SULLIVAN.

PUZZLE TOY OPERATED BY STATIC ELECTRICITY.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1a, 1908.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

WITNESSES INVENTOR E.A. SULLIVAN.

EDWARD ALAN SULLIVAN OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

PUZZLE TOY OPERATED BY STATIC ELECTRICITY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 18, 1908.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

Setial'No. 449,0ao.

To all whomxit mwy concern:

Be it 'known that I, EDWARD ALAN SULLI- van, asubject of the King ofGreat Britain, residing in the city of Toronto, in the county of York,in the Province of Ontario, Canada,

have invented certain new and useful Im-- grovements in Puzzle Toys 0erated by tatic Electricity, of which the ollowing'is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in puzzle toys operated by staticelectricity, and the object of the invention is to devise a toy by whichelectrically excitable light articles or particles of any desired shapeor form may be -m0ved about in an inclosed casing provided with a glasstop, by rubbing the glass, so as to be caused to occupy a definiteposition or positions of a pre-d etermined value or count to form apuzzle or game.

My invention consists of a casing preferbly circular and having aflanged top edge, a glass top suitably held Within the edge, a pocketwithin the casing having an opening in the wall thereof and a suitablearticle or particle, such as spider-like pieces of aluminum locatedwithin the casing and designed to be moved so as to bring them allwithin the pocket by rubbing the glass with paper.

held under the fingers as hereinafter explained.

Figure 1, is a plan view showing one form of my puzzle toy. Fig. 2, is across section. Fig. 3, 1s a diminutive view of a modification of theform shown in Fig. 1.

In the drawings like lettersof reference indicate corresponding parts ineach figure.

A is the casing made of any suitable material and provided with areceiving top flange A in which is fitted the glass top A the edge ofthe flange being turned over at A so as to secure the glass top inposition.

In Figs. land 2, I show. a pocket B formed at the periphery of thecasing and provided with wings B at each side.

'electricity generated b O are objects. preferably of spider-like form,which are made of aluminum or othersuitable light material. The objectof the puzzle is to get all these articles or objects into the pocket byrubbing the surface of the glass with aper held in the fingers. Thedifficulty, 0 course, is that when you get one in, or two, you may, byexciting the spiders in the pocket in which they are placed in trying toget another in, get them all out again. The pocket may have apredetermined value and a certain time may e given to get the objects inand the person that gets the most of them in Within a iven time would beconsidered the Winner 0 the puzzle game. In Fig. 3, I show the pocket inthe center of the casing and provided with an-opening B What I claim asmy invention is: 1. A puzzle to be operated by static electricitycomprising a, casing provided with a glass top, and a suitable bottom, apocket having the wall thereof extending upwardly from the bottom andprovided with a suitable opening, and a plurality of electricallyexcltable light articles or objects located within the casing andadapted to be moved by the electricity generated b friction between asuitable bod and the g ass, as specified.

2. A puzz e to be operated by static electricity comprising a casingprovided with a glass to and a suitable bottom, a pocket having t e wallthereof extending upwardly from the bottom and provided with a suitableopening from which extend deflecting flan es, and a lurality ofelectrically excita le light artlcles or objects located within thecasing and adapted to be moved by the friction between a suitable bodyand the g ass, as s ecified.

EDWARD ALAN S LLIVAN.

Witnesses:

' B. BOYD,

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